Old lover given Eastern flower in Devon (3)
I believe the answer is:
exe
'flower in devon' is the definition.
'exe' can be an answer for 'flower' (River Exe). I'm unsure of the 'in devon' bit.
'old lover given eastern' is the wordplay.
'old lover' becomes 'ex' (an ex-lover).
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'ex'+'e'='EXE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exe that I've seen before include "River of SW England" , "Somerset/Devon river" , "River of southwest England" , "Banker" , "flower" .)